[Advaita-l] [advaitin] what is abhava?

[V Subrahmanian]

The term / epithet bhAvarUpa applied to Avidya will have to be explained. I
had done this before by taking the analogy of the ter smritirUpa in the
adhyasa Bhashya smritirUpa paratra purvadrishta avabhasah is adhyasa:

Smriti rupa means smriti sadrusha and not smriti itself.

Similarly when Avidya is said to be bhAvarUpa it is bhAvasadrsha and not
bhAva itself.

On the basis of Yama being stated to be the presiding deity for ajnana,
like Manas, and tamas, it has to be a 'some thing'.

Regards

On Tue, 17 Sep 2024, 1:19 pm Sudhanshu Shekhar, <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Subbu ji.
>
> I appreciate your response.  I think to hold Ajnana to be
>> triguNAtmika makes it matter/kShetram of the 13th ch. of the Bh.Gita.
>>
>
> Kshetra is avidyA (avyakta) and avidyA-kArya.
>
> avidyA-kArya is sAdi but avidyA is anAdi.
>
> VinAshI bhAva is sAdi.
>
> If avidyA is held to be bhAva like avidyA-kArya say chair, table etc, it
> would become sAdi which is contradictory to its anAditva.
>
> So, the fact that it is triguNAtmaka is also proving its
> abhAva-vilakshaNatA only. And not bhAvatva.
>
> That is why avidyA is accepted as both both bhAva-vilakshaNa and
> abhAva-vilakshaNa.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar
>
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